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SS-251 Flounder
United States Navy submarine
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Gato | . . Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn. | 1943/08/22 | 1943/11/29 | 1960/02/02
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| Namesake: platýs, mořský jazyk - A valuable food fish, many varieties of which are found in great schools along the Atlantic coast north of Cape Cod. | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 44/02 | joinPac | 66 | |||
| 44/03 | joinPac | ||||
| 44/03/06 | 44/03/17 | Milne Bay | 66 | ||
| 44/03/17 | 44/05 | patro01: Palaus | 66 | ||
| 44/05 | 44/06/03 | Seeadler Harbor, Manus - refit | 66 | ||
| 44/06/03 | patro02: Philippine Sea | 66 | |||
| 44/06/17 | patro02: sinking AP Nipponkai Maru (2681 BRT) S of Mindanao (06-58N, 127-52E) | 66 83 85 | |||
| 44/06/24 | patro02: attacked by planes | 66 | |||
| 44/07/06 | patro02: Manus - refuel | 66 | |||
| 44/07/1? | 44/08/01 | Brisbane - refit | 66 | ||
| 44/08/01 | 44/10/04 | patro03: Philippines - lifeguard duty | 66 | ||
| 44/08/28 | 44/09/01 | patro03: Mios Woendi - refuel | 66 | ||
| 44/09/1? | 44/09/2? | patro03: Davao Gulf | 66 | ||
| 44/10/04 | 44/10/27 | Brisbane - refit | 66 | ||
| 44/10/27 | 44/12/13 | patro04: South China Sea (wolfpack) | 66 | ||
| 44/11/10 | patro04: sinking U-537 E of Surabaya (07-13S, 115-17E) | 83 | |||
| 44/11/21 | patro04: damaging AK Gjosan Maru from convoy off Palawan (10-36N, 115-08E) | 66 85 | |||
| 44/12/13 | 45/01/07 | Brisbane - refit | 66 | ||
| 45/01/07 | 45/02/26 | patro05: South China Sea - wolfpack with Hoe & ? | 66 | ||
| 45/01/12 | 45/01/14 | patro05: Fremantle - fathometer repairs | 66 | ||
| 45/02/07 | patro05: off Cam Ranh Bay | 122 | |||
| 45/02/12 | 45/02/13 | patro05: hunting japanese task force | 66 | ||
| 45/02/22 | patro05: attacking patrol - erratically torpedoes | 66 | |||
| 45/02/26 | 45/03/16 | Subic Bay - refit | 66 | ||
| 45/03/06 | 45/04/22 | patro06: S of Hainan - wolfpack | 66 | ||
| 45/03/29 | patro06: prepare to attack convoy which was attacked by US planes | 66 | |||
| 45/04/22 | 45/05 | Saipan - refit | 66 | ||
| 45/05 | 45/08 | USA - overhaul | 66 | ||
| 45/08/14 | P.H. | 66 | |||